Dr. Tara Beuzen-Waller

Address:

Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Soil Science and Geomorphology
Rümelinstraße 19 – 23
D-72070 Tübingen

Consulting hours:

By arrangement

Research Topics

  • Geoarchaeology: Long-term human-environment interactions; adaptation and resilience in a changing environment
  • Geomorphology: Landscape evolution in arid to semi-arid areas
  • Hydrosystems: Fluvial archives and ancient irrigation systems
  • Cartography: Geomorphological mapping, archaeological predictive model for survey
  • Anthropocene: Socio-ecosystem’s dynamics 

Current Projects

  • BMBF grant: UmWeltWandel project directed by Dr. Conrad Schmidt (UmWeltWandel)

Completed collaborations with geoarchaeological and archaeological projects

  • Geoarchaeological program MEDEE (Mediterranean areas and Middle east) 
  • French Archaeological Mission in Central Oman (Oman)
  • French Archaeological Mission at Bat/ al-Arid (Oman)
  • American Japanase Bat Archaeological Project (Oman)
  • French-Italian coastal Geoarchaeological Survey (Oman)
  • French Archaeological Mission at Thaj (Saudi Arabia)

CV

*26th June 1989 in Paris, France

Work Experience and Education

2019 - 2020

Consulting and Research in geography, urban planning and land management in Kigali (Rwanda, GiRinZU compagny)

2018 - 2019

Temporary teacher at Sorbonne University in Quaternary studies, Geoarchaeology and Geography

2016 - 2018

Lecturer assistant at Sorbonne University in Geomorphology, Quaternary studies, Physical geography, Geoarchaeology

2013 - 2016

Teaching assistant at Sorbonne University in Geomorphology, Hydrology, Mapping and Environment

2013 - 2020

PhD Student in Geoarchaeology: “Interactions between human occupation and environmental dynamics from the Palaeolithic period to the Iron age in the piedmont of the Hajar Mountains (Oman)”

2011 - 2013

Master degree in Physical Geography and Hazards management (Sorbonne University)

2010 - 2011

Bachelor degree in Geography and Urban Planning (Nanterre Paris-Ouest university)

2008 - 2010

Preparatory classes (intensive undergraduate studies in humanities), Lycée de Sèvres

Publications

Papers in International Peer-Reviewed Journals

Beuzen-Waller T., Desruelles S., Marrast A., Giraud J., Gernez G., Forman S.L., Beskhani A., Bonilauri S., Lemée M., Naccaro H., Fouache E., 2022, Late Pleistocene-Holocene fluvial records of the Wadi Dishshah: hydro-climatic and archaeological implications (Southern piedmont of the Hajar Mountains, Oman), Géomorphologie: processus, relief et environnement : 28 (4)

Beuzen-Wallet T., Stephan P., Pavlopoulos K., Desruelles S., Marrast A., Puaud S., Giraud J., Fouache E., 2019, Geoarchaeological investigation of the Quriyat coastal plain (Oman), Quaternary International, vol. 532, p. 98-115

Beuzen-Waller T., Stock F., Kondo Y., 2018, Geoarchaeology: a toolbox for revealing latent data in sedimentological and archaeological records, Quaternary International, 483, 1-4

Beshkani A., Beuzen-Waller T., Bonilauri S., Gernez G., 2017, Large Kombewa flake production in north Oman, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, vol. 28, p. 125-137

Beshkani A., Beuzen-Waller T., Bonilauri S., Gernez G., 2017, The First Evidence of Nubian Technique in the Adam Region, Oman, Antiquity Project Gallery, vol. 91, n°356

Desruelles S., Fouache E., Eddargach W., Cammas C., Beuzen-Waller T., Martin C., Tengberg M., Cable C., Thornton C., Murray A., 2016, Evidence of early irrigation at Bat (Wadi Sharsah, northwestern Oman) before the advent of farming villages, Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 150, p. 42-54

Papers in Proceedings with Peer-Reviewed

Castel C., Barge O., Besnard B., Beuzen-Waller T., Brochier J. E., Darras L., Régagnon E., Sanz S., 2020,  First discoveries at Bat/ al-Arid mission (Oman), Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, submitted

Beuzen-Waller T., Giraud J., Gernez G., Courault R., Kondo Y., Cable M.C., Thronton C., 2018, The Advent of the proto-oasian territories in the piedmonts of the Hajar Mountains, Actes de colloque des XVIIIe rencontres internationales d’Archéologie et d’Histoire d’Antibes, p. 179-205

Rohmer J., Al-Jallad A., Al-Hajiri M., Alkontar R. A., Beuzen-Waller T., Calou P., Gazagne D., Pavlopoulos K., 2017, The Thaj archaeological project: results of the first field season, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, vol.48, 287–302

Bonilauri S., Beuzen-Waller T., Giraud J., Lemée M., Gernez G. & Fouache E., 2015, Occupation during the Lower and Middle/Late Palaeolithic period in the Sufrat Valley (Sultanate of Oman), Proceedings of the Seminar of Arabian Studies, 45, p. 1-14

Kondo Y., Beuzen-Waller T., Miki T., Noguchi A., Desruelles S., Fouache E., 2014, Geoarchaeological survey in the Wadi al-Kabir basin, Wilayat Ibri, Oman: preliminary report, Supplement to the proceeding of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 44, p. 1-8

Lemée M., Gernez G., Giraud J., Beuzen-Waller T., Fouache E., 2013, Jabal al-Aluya: an inland Neolithic settlement of the late fifth millennium BC in the Ādam area, Sultanate of Oman, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 43, p. 197-212

Book Chapters

Beuzen-Waller T., Gernez G., Giraud J., Desruelles S., Marrast A., Bonilauri S., Beshkani A., Lemée M., Guery J., Hautefort R., Fouache E., Occupations humaines et dynamiques environnementales du Paléolithique à l’Âge du Bronze, région d’Adam, Sultanat d’Oman, Conséquences régionales de la variation du signal hydro-climatique sur le long terme, « Territoires, Environnement et Sociétés », Presses de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, en cours

Beuzen-Waller T., Gernez G., 2017, Geoarchaeological investigations in the Adam region: a regional study of past human-environment interaction, dans “At the margins of the desert, Adam oasis and prehistory of Oman” Gernez G. et Giraud J. (éd) , The archaeological Heritage of Oman, Ministry of Culture and Heritage, vol. 3

Bonilauri S., Beuzen-Waller T., Gernez G., Palaeolithic period in the Sufrat Valley: the first inhabitants of Adam, dans “At the margins of the desert, Adam oasis and prehistory of Oman” Gernez G. et Giraud J. (éd), The archaeological Heritage of Oman, Ministry of Culture and Heritage, vol. 3

Lemée M., Gernez G., Giraud J., Beuzen-Waller T., 2017, Neolithic sites near Jabal Salakh, , dans “At the margins of the desert, Adam oasis and prehistory of Oman” Gernez G. et Giraud J. (éd) , The archaeological Heritage of Oman, Ministry of Culture and Heritage, vol. 3

Desruelles S., Fouache E., Beuzen-Waller T., Eddargach W., Cammas C., Wattez J., Martin C., Tengberg M., 2016, The archaeological site of Bat in its environment, dans “The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman: Research by the Bat Archaeological Project”, 2007-2012, Thorthon C.and Cable C. (éd), Penn Museum Press